Carpel tunnel?

Hey guys. Im a 17 year old guy that uses his computer very frequently. Yesterday I played my computer for like 6 hours, and today I started to feel a slight pain in the left side of my wrist (palm side). I've felt this pain before when I play video games for a long time, but it usually goes away if i take a... show more Hey guys. Im a 17 year old guy that uses his computer very frequently. Yesterday I played my computer for like 6 hours, and today I started to feel a slight pain in the left side of my wrist (palm side). I've felt this pain before when I play video games for a long time, but it usually goes away if i take a break from computer usage. Im really worried that im testing my luck here and that one day the pain might stay and I could form bad carpel tunnel syndrome. Can anyone inform me of my situation here? Should I quit computer usage all together, or limit my time on it?

You did not describe carpal tunnel, you just described wrist strain or tendonitis. Carpal tunnel is caused by nerve damage to your median nerve, and symptoms are usually that your wrists become numb, and begin feeling like pins and needles and your wrists become weak due to the nerve damage so then your wrist cannot function properly, and become more clumsy and you begin dropping things. Just put some ice on them, or take an ibuprofen or wrap with an Ace bandage, so can heal the inflamed tendons/ligaments and/or muscles you probably just strained from overuse. Doubtful it would be carpal tunnel, as you didn't describe the symptoms, and you don't get nerve damage from one day of playing video games. Even if it was, you'd do the same thing to relieve the symptoms, although more severe carpal tunnel could require a release surgery, something they would never do for a tendonitis or wrist strain, but even if CT, that's not likely something you will need to worry about yet at your age.

carpel tunnel is unlikely, however it is possible that you could sprain it. I play piano and have sprained my wrist playing too long. The sprains heal quickly but it does disable your playing time for a couple days or weeks. I’d limit your time, no need to stop completely.

Well, first off, it's spelled "carpal," not "carpel." Secondly, Yahoo Answers and its community members can't diagnose this for you. We can't see your hand, we can't feel your hand, and we can't perform any tests on your hand. Only a doctor can do that. My advice: go see a doctor. (S)he'll tell you if it's carpal tunnel syndrome or just a sore wrist.

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Carpel tunnel?

Hey guys. Im a 17 year old guy that uses his computer very frequently. Yesterday I played my computer for like 6 hours, and today I started to feel a slight pain in the left side of my wrist (palm side). I've felt this pain before when I play video games for a long time, but it usually goes away if i take a break from computer usage. Im really worried that im testing my luck here and that one day the pain might stay and I could form bad carpel tunnel syndrome. Can anyone inform me of my situation here? Should I quit computer usage all together, or limit my time on it?